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All creatures great and small
10+ hour, 23+ min ago (65+ words) Diesel is a young male rat. Diesel will be available for adoption through Wild Mother Nature Animal Rescue. Diesel was captured outside a New Castle gas station. Local wildlife rehabilitators Halli Hunt and Chelsey Syverson can now add "professional rat…...
Rare otter triplets born at zoo give hope for endangered breed
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (125+ words) The Courier Times (Chester Zoo via SWNS) Conservationists are celebrating the birth of giant otter triplets at a Chester Zoo in the U. K. " bringing fresh hope one of the world's most endangered species can be saved from extinction. Javascript is required…...
Treasure trove" reveals animal diversity began earlier than thought
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (136+ words) A deuterostome cambroernid fossil from the Jiangchuan Biota (~554-539 million years old) and artist's reconstruction. (Gaorong Li and Xiaodong Wang via SWNS) Reconstruction of Jiangchuan biota (~554-539 million years ago). (Xiaodong Wang via SWNS) The discovery of a fossil "treasure trove" has…...
Sowing the seeds of legacy for the environment
3+ mon, 2+ day ago (277+ words) New Castle Mayor Greg York delivered the annual "State of th" Students from Diana Bowman's earth science class at New Castle High School participate in Climate Fest, which is held the first Saturday in May at the Henry County Arts…...